The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
The Lawmakers Pushing
Along the Business.
PROCEEDINGS
In B 9th Houses of Congrass-Wrest.
ling with ApprOpriat ions and
Dollars and Cents.
SENATE.

gave notice that he will call it up on
Monday Immediately after the morning
business. The amendments made by
the naval committee have the effect of
fixing the bonus to be paid the con-
tractor for the first knot in excess Of the
contract rate of twenty knots to be at
tanned by the proposed new cruisers
500, 900, and tor each additional knot
$500, 900. The aggregate of the appro-
p,riation, $2l,8OO,O00, has not been
changed.
Hale reported back from the naval
committee, with amendment, the bill
introduced by him yesterday to pro-
vide for an increase of the naval estab-
iishment, and gave notice that he will
call it up at an early day. The amend
ment, appropriates 100000 for the
armament of vessels for the construc-
ton of which the bill provides, The
bill now appropriates $15,40O 900.
Williams introduced bill for the re
sumption of specie payment. Referred.
Unauthorized the redemption of legal
tenders in coin. at San Francisco, in
the same manner as the claw at present
provides for New York.
Plat withdrew his motion to recon
slider the vote yesterday, passing the
bill to authorize the Fort Worth &
Denver City Railway Company to con-
struct a railroad through the public
lands in Utah Territory.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of the postoffice appropriation bill,
the question being on the amendment
appropriating 100000 for a mal to
South America.
Mr.. Morgan moved to amend the sub
sidy amendment by using instead of the
word built" the words owned and
Differed" so that the sentence will
read: For the transportation of
foreign mails by American owned and
Differed steamships" also, to add to
the paragraph as follows: "Such
steamships so owned and Differed
shall be entitled to be enrolled, regis
tered and licensed as American-buil
ships are, while they are employed in
transportation OF foreign mail"
Mr.. Beck opposed the subsidy amend
ment. The extract from the Post
master-General's report, he said, he
had heard before; but he had, IN COM
mlttee. and out of committee, insisted
that a false construction was put upon
it and that the postoffice department
was as much opposed to this subsidy as
it had been to the subsidy OF last year.
The proposed subsidy was not in the
interest of the Postofice Department,
but would be to the injury of the Post
office Department. A majority of the
had seen fit to assume that
the language of the Postmaster.
Generals report was in accordance with
the subsidy amendment, and therefore
he had himself applied to the Post
on the subject, and had
received q letter which he would now
read to the Senate. The Postmaster
General says in this letter: "a fair
reading of my two reports. one for
1885, and the other for 1886, will
show, sunless l am greatly mistaken,
that the only object or purpose in view
or suggestion in the last report, was to
obtain the carriage of the mails to South |
Amer lean republics, with double ser
vice to Brazil, at such cheap and econo-
mical figures as would be necessary for
the purpose, and that no ideas of a |
(for the mere creation of line |
Of travel and trade) was proposed.
There are companies, nomiDally or |
of foreign organization, i
which 1 believe would compete |
Tor this service and furnish it at COM
paratively chap figures. l belive
also, if that competition were admitted
The American company would secure
The service instead of the foreign com
pany, but at a fair remuneration and
not as recipients of q subsidy. | think
there is good reason to expect this re-
suit, il an opportunity be offered for it;
and that an enlargement of our postll
facilities may be secured with no vicious
course of subsidy legislation to bring 1t
about. It was in this belief that the
in the last report of 1886 was
made. cannot anticipate what may
De said unfairly perhaps, IA criticism
If the report in support Of the asser-
ion that a suggestion for this
lew service is incOI siste It with the po-
,ition taken in the report of 1885. l
think. at least. that l see the distinc-
ion, that the distinction itse is clear
md substantial, and that the extension
IF the postal service may be secured
and desirably, without the
PAYMENT of a dollar subsidy, but only
,y giving fair remuneration for a very
limited mail carriage at the beginning"
After further debate, the question
vas taken on Mr.. Morgau's free ship
and it was ejected-yeas
-9, nays 81.
Mr.. Morgan moved to amend, by
adding to the Senate amendment the
words lone line of steamships to carry
he mails provided for in this act, shall be
-equired to ssil to and from seaportin
he Gulf of Mexico or the Mississippi
River" Agreed to, without division.
Mr.. Frye moved to amend the COM
nittee amendment, by making it apply
% all South American and Central
American republics. Agreed to, without
division.
The subsidy amendment as amended,
vas then adopted-yeas 26, nays IA.
rhe amendment adopted reads as fol-
ows:
For the transportation of foreign
nails by American built and registered
teamships, to secure the greater FIRE
luency and regularity in dispatch and
greater speed in the carriage OF such